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My TI-89 tells me the answer is a sideways 8. What does that mean? Is this thing broken?
You got to figure out the pattern: 3^1 =3, 3^2 = 9, 3^3 = 273^4 = 813^5 =243units digit goes 3, 9, 7, 1, 3, ...So, how many groups of four is that?
It is 3^ 27 which would end in 7, no?
it's 3^(3^3^3), which can be rewritten as 3^(27^3).27^3 = 19683 and 19683 / 4 = 4920.75 OR 19683 mod 4 = 3Either way of thinking gets you that we're at the third spot in the cycle, units digit is 7.
My TI-89 tells me the answer is a sideways 8. What does that mean? Is this thing broken?
ReplyDeleteYou got to figure out the pattern:
ReplyDelete3^1 =3,
3^2 = 9,
3^3 = 27
3^4 = 81
3^5 =243
units digit goes 3, 9, 7, 1, 3, ...
So, how many groups of four is that?
It is 3^ 27 which would end in 7, no?
ReplyDeleteit's 3^(3^3^3), which can be rewritten as 3^(27^3).
ReplyDelete27^3 = 19683
and 19683 / 4 = 4920.75 OR 19683 mod 4 = 3
Either way of thinking gets you that we're at the third spot in the cycle, units digit is 7.